On May 27th, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced the formal establishment of the WHO Foundation to better raise funds to meet the most pressing global health challenges.
According to WHO, the headquarters of the WHO Foundation is located in Geneva. The establishment of the organization will facilitate the public, organizations and enterprises to donate to WHO and its partners for key global public health projects, including the realization of WHO's "three billion" goals, that is, the number of people benefiting from universal health coverage will increase by 6,543.8+billion, and the number of people better protected in the face of health emergencies will increase by 6,543.8+billion.
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Sources of funds for the establishment of the WHO Foundation:
Tan Desai said that less than 20% of the "assessed contributions" from member States in the WHO budget are used flexibly; Contributions from member States and other donors account for more than 80%, which are generally earmarked, and the funds that WHO can flexibly use are limited.
Tan Desai said that as part of the transformation of WHO, the establishment of a foundation is an important step to promote health, ensure world security and serve vulnerable groups.
Earlier this year, WHO initiated the establishment of the "Response to COVID-19 Solidarity Fund", which raised 2140,000 US dollars in two and a half months, and more than 400,000 individuals and enterprises donated money, which played an important role in fighting the epidemic, which also strongly proved that the role of the WHO Foundation is worth looking forward to.
New Vision of the North Night-WHO announced the establishment of a foundation, and raised 2140,000 US dollars in two and a half months.